Your space, your style: Personalizing your Windows Live
space
After you get a Windows Live space from the Windows Live Spaces website, one of the fun things you can do is
personalize it. Here are some things you can do to make your space reflect your
personality.
Title and tagline
You can use your title and tagline to identify yourself, express
how you're feeling that day, or state your favorite saying or catchphrase.
To change your title and tagline, click Edit
in the title and tagline module.
Enter your new title and tagline in the boxes provided, and then
make whatever changes you want to the font style, size, color, and alignment.
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| The Edit title and tagline screen |
Modules
You can add a variety of items to your space, including a blog,
photo albums, or lists of things, like your favorite movies. To add modules,
click Customize, and then click Add
modules.
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| The Customize menu displays a list of options for
personalizing your space |
On the Modules screen, you'll find a list of items you can show
on your space. Click Show next to any of the items you
want to show on your space. You can always hide modules later, so don't worry
about trying something out.
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| The Modules screen displays a list of modules you can show or hide on your space |
When you're done, click Close, and
then click Save in the yellow customize bar.
You can also move modules around on your space. To do so, click Customize, and then click Rearrange or hide
modules.
The yellow customize bar will appear. If you point to a module
title, you'll see the Move pointer 
, which means you can move the
module. To move the module, drag the module to where you want it on your space.
When you're done moving modules, click Save
in the customize bar.
Layout, themes, and templates
You can use layouts, themes, and templates to dramatically change
the look of your space in just a few clicks.
| • | Layouts are the number and size of the
columns on your space. |
| • | Themes are pre-set colors, fonts, and
background images you can add to your space. |
| • | Templates are a combination of layouts
and themes, plus modules and gadgets. |
You can try out these options by clicking Customize.
You'll see options for applying a template, changing the theme, or changing the
layout.
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| Use the Customize menu to apply a template, change the theme, or change the layout of your
space |
With layouts, themes, or templates, you can preview the changes
before you apply them to your space. If you decide you don't want to make any
changes, click Cancel in the yellow customize bar.
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| Templates can change the whole look of your
space with just a few clicks |
Use layouts, themes, and templates as a starting point to
personalize your space to fit your style, and then modify the fonts and colors
on your space to make it look exactly the way you want.
Colors and fonts
While you can use templates and themes to set the colors and
fonts on your space, you can also choose other colors and fonts to use.
Click Customize, and then click Advanced.
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| On the Advanced screen you can choose colors,
fonts, and background images |
Here you can enter the colors and fonts for your space. If you
know the RGB value for the color you want to use, you can enter it, or you can click the
color picker icon 
to select the color you want. To find the RGB value for the color you want to use, go to the table of color names and their corresponding RGB values on the MSDN website.
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| Use the color picker to choose the exact
color you want |
Like layouts, themes, and templates, you can preview your changes
in the background before you click Save. And of course
you can always go back to the way your space looked before—just click Cancel in the yellow customize bar.
Background image
To really make your space unique, you can use your own photo or
other picture or graphic as the background image on your space.
Click Customize, click Advanced,
and then click Background image.
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| You can set a background
image for your space on the Advanced screen |
Select Use a custom image for the page, and then click
Browse to find an image on your computer to use as the
background of your space.
You can create a tiled effect by clicking Repeat
on the menu (this option works well if your image is small in
size). You can set where your image appears on the page using the horizontal
and vertical alignment options. And changing the transparency of your modules
to show more of your background image can really make your space "pop."
Some things to note about background images:
| • | Large images are automatically resized to a resolution of
800 x 600 and converted to a smaller file size so the image won't affect the
loading time of your space. |
| • | Setting the module transparency to anything other than 0
(zero) may cause your space to load more slowly. |
Have fun customizing your space!
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